100 Things You Should Know About [Everything]

We’ve managed to find a series of science, history and technology books that are a hit with everyone, from the six year old to the nine year old to me. It’s the "100 Things You Should Know about [X]" line, where X includes:

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I think there are about 60 of them and each one we’ve read is delightful. Loads of fun facts, jokes, little margin-cartoons and kids-sized nuggets of information, all wrapped around gorgeous drawing and cross-sections (see above).

This week we’re going to read "100…Science" and "100…Inventions" on a drive down to San Diego. Everyone’s very excited. I wish I’d had such cool books when I was a kid.

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